University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 93 Collections and/or Records:
First Baccalaureate Service of the University of Denver, 1884 June 15
Program for the University of Denver (DU) Baccalaureate service, Tabor Opera House, Denver Colorado, 11 a.m., June 15th 1884. Sermon by the Right Rev. Bishop Warren, DU Trustee and later co-founder of the Iliff School of Theology.
"Freedom and Education", 1949 August 26
Text of the commencement address "Freedom and Education" given by Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson, delivered at the University of Denver, August 26, 1949.
If the Young Can But See!, 1937 June 9
Commencement address by Dr. Glenn Frank delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1937.
"Is There a Time Like This?", 1966 June 9
Text of the Baccalaureate address by Chancellor Chester M. Alter delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1966.
J.E. Slater Commencement Address University of Denver August 13, 1976, 1976 August 13
Text of the commencement address by J. E. Slater, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.
"Justice in America- The Ideal and the Reality", 1976 August 13
Text of the summer commencement address "Justice in America - The Ideal and the Reality" by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.
"Living Democracy", 1948 June 6
Text of the baccalaureate address "Living Democracy" by James F. Price, delivered at the University of Denver, June 6, 1948.
"Looking Ahead in Education", 1954 August 20
Text of the commencement address "Looking Ahead in Education" by Samuel Miller Brownell, Commissioner of Education, Department of Heath, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., delivered at the University of Denver, August 20, 1954.
Michele Bloom, Speech and Communication Analysis, 1994 January
This folder contains a speech given by Michele ''Mike'' Bloom, and a draft of a piece about Communication Analysis.
"On Human Resources and Sustaining the Nation's Future", 1990 June 9
Text of the commencement address by Hon. Arthur Allen Fletcher, Chairman, U.S. Commission of Civil Rights, delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1990. In his speech, Arthur Allen Fletcher encouraged graduates to assume a leadership role building a brand new America. An America that far exceeds the one they inherited.